PORTRAIT, FERNANDO FERNÁNDEZ DE CÓRDOBA Y VALCÁRCEL. OIL ON CANVAS. SPANISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY.

Portrait of Fernando Fernandez de Cordoba and Valcarcel. Oil on canvas. Spanish School, 19th century. Unframed canvas. Damaged. Requires restoration. Full-length portrait of a male figure set in an interior decorated with carpets, a gilded wooden chest of drawers with a Rococo influence, a relief on the wall, mouldings, an inkwell, maps, books, a writing desk, etc. To the left, next to a curtain, the composition opens onto a window that reveals a building. The man, in military uniform, holds a sword in one hand and a bicorne hat in the other, while looking straight at the viewer. Fernando Fernández de Córdova y Valcárcel (Buenos Aires, 2 September 1809 – Madrid, 30 October 1883), 2nd Marquis of Mendigorría, was a Spanish military man, son of the frigate captain of the Royal Navy José María Fernández de Córdova y Rojas and María de la Paz Rodríguez de Valcárcel y O'Conrry, 1st Marchioness of Mendigorría. He fought with his brother Luis in the First Carlist War. He belonged to the Moderate Party and later to the Democratic-Radical Party. He was President of the Government for a single day. He was a senator for life from 1847 to 1868 and for the province of Soria from 1871 to 1873, during the reign of Amadeo of Savoy. In the portrait it is possible to clearly see his decorations, located on the left side of his chest. Starting from the top: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III (established by this monarch in 1771); on the left, that of Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (instituted by Ferdinand VII in 1815); below the previous one, the insignia of Knight of the Insigne and Royal Order of Saint Januarius (military order of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, established in 1738). And almost covered by the lapel, the one awarded in 1850 when he was named Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Ferdinand (established in 1811). The one that remains to be identified, next to the previous one, could be the decoration of Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegildo. In addition, he was awarded the recognition of Knight Grand Cross in diamonds of the Order of Pius IX.

· Size: 138x218 cms.